C39 39th Chapter

Balls is missing, and Yusuf is missing. They had gone missing on the sea.

I got the news on Monday morning. I called Powers, and there was an important matter I wanted to discuss with him, but he didn't answer the phone.

On the weekend, I received instructions from my country to contact Jido and ask him to cooperate with us on marine observation and research, and to discuss the establishment of an ocean observation station in Jido.

"How is that possible?" I asked myself. I can't believe this is real. I've been in diplomacy for so many years, but I've never heard of us building a similar observation station in other countries. We have observation stations in Antarctica, But Antarctica is not a country. In other words, if we build such an observation station in Jido, It will open another precedent for us to cooperate with the outside world.

This precedent requires me to dig up the first shovel. I feel honored. I have repeated the instructions in the country several times. The instructions are very clear. They require me to contact Ji Duo. The 'that'. . . It meant immediately, immediately. In other words, the faster the better. I originally wanted to call Balls immediately, but I thought it would be the weekend. I didn't want to disturb him. Then I'll wait until Monday morning. The first thing he did was to look for Balls.

I suddenly thought of the second thing that Juhua wanted me to do. Juhua asked me to come to Gido and gave me two missions. One was to build the building, the other was not mentioned. Now I instinctively feel that. . . This second task is probably to build an ocean observation station in Jido. Over the past few months, I have experienced so much by myself. I just want to know what this second mission is. Now I have finally waited for the second task.

A person's weekend is long, because he has something on his mind. This weekend seems to have dragged on for a long time, and time seems to have stopped. It was not easy for him to make it to Monday. I made a call to Powers at work. No one answered the phone. This was a little strange. After I got to Gido, I have never encountered such a thing. Every time I call, if it wasn't for the fact that Balls's secretary picks me up. . . How about he pick it up himself? It was the first time no one picked up at work. Perhaps they just happened to have something on. Then I'll call later, I think.

The wind is blowing outside, so I quickly went to close the doors and windows. A thick layer of dark clouds rolled over. It brings up waves after waves of evil wind, the king brown and coconut trees. The other trees in the yard were shaking in the wind, and the huge leaves were rustling. The yellow hair was so scared that he kept barking. A huge storm was coming. Jido would have this kind of weather from time to time.

After closing the door and windows, he picked up the phone and dialed Balls' number, but no one answered. I took out my phone book, found a number, and called Deputy Secretary-Roger.

Just as I introduced myself and said that I was Zhong Liang, I heard Roger screaming on the other end of the line.

"You are. . . Mr. Zhong, you said. . . You are Mr. Zhong. " Roger's voice was very nervous and his words were not very smooth.

"Yes, I am Zhong Liang," I said.

"You. . . Where is this? Hurry up and tell me," Roger asked eagerly.

"Where am I?" I think Roger's question is very strange, "I'm at the embassy. "

" You're at the embassy, that's. . . Impossible, "Roger didn't believe him.

"I'm at the embassy," I repeated. I think Roger is a bit unreasonable. I can't joke with him.

"Then. . . Then. . . In other words, you. . . Didn't share the same secret with Balls. . . "

"What did you say?" The wind outside was blowing wildly, Roger. I didn't hear what you said clearly.

"Then you weren't with Permanent Secretary Balls and Director Yusufu?" Roger raised his voice and asked.

"No, I'm not with them," I said.

"Then you didn't go to sea with them?" Roger asked.

"No," I said. That day, Actually, I really wanted to go out to sea with Powers. Just like Yousufu said, about fishing. . . Once there's a first time, there'll be a second time. I tasted the sweetness of going out to sea with Yousufu. It hooked up my interest in fishing. Powers refused the appointment and didn't call me along. I was depressed over this for the whole night.

"Then we called you, but you didn't pick up," Roger said.

"I didn't hear you calling me," I was confused.

"We also sent people to the embassy to look for you, and you weren't there either," Roger said.

"Oh, right, I probably went out for a while. " I remember, I took Blondie to the beach.

"It's good that you're here. It's good that you're here," Roger said. He seemed to be relieved.

"What's wrong? What happened?" I felt that something was wrong. It was raining outside, and the rain was hitting the roof and windows. It was as if there were thousands of wooden mallets knocking on the roof. The sounds were dense and annoying.

"We don't know yet. You didn't go out to sea, so we went to have a mental illness. We were worried that you went out to sea as well. "

" I didn't. What about Balls and the others? Why is Yusufu still there? " I'm meeting Balls, but I didn't say that Yusufu would go as well.

"Bowers went out to sea to fish, and Yousufu went as well. As for why they went together, we don't know either. They haven't returned until now," Roger said.

"What? What did you say?" Roger's words shocked me. I can't believe my ears.

"Yes, General Powers and the others have been missing for three days," Roger could tell that his mood was very heavy.

I think it's not three days. We agreed on Friday evening.

"Then did you send anyone to look for them?" I asked.

"We did," Roger said. "We sent people to look for them since yesterday. We rented two planes to look for them, and we also sent fishing boats to look for them. We didn't find them. We also asked the neighboring countries to help us look for it, but so far, we haven't found it yet. "

" What can I do, just say it "I suddenly felt a lingering fear. I originally planned to go out to sea with Balls. Unexpectedly, Yousufu also went. In other words, if I went out to sea with him that day, I would also disappear like them, my life and death unknown.

"Thank you," Roger said.

"What news do they have? If possible, please let me know at any time," I said.

"Okay," Roger said.

Hearing the news of Balls and Yusufu's disappearance, my spine went cold. I hung up the phone. Looking out the window at the increasingly heavy rain, my mind was in chaos. I don't know if I should be glad. . . Or blame myself. I made a mistake by accident and didn't go out to sea with Balls and the others. I escaped a disaster. Maybe this is a good thing. I don't know why Balls didn't call me. But I blame myself. I think if I didn't agree to go out to sea with Balls, perhaps he wouldn't have gone. And he wouldn't have asked Yousufu to go with him. That way, they wouldn't have gone missing.

Because of this, I keep feeling that. . . No matter what, this matter is related to me. After that, I would ask the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Powers and Yusuf every day. Three days have passed. Four days passed, five days passed. . . A week passed. Still no news. I can only silently pray in my heart that they are still alive, that they are safe and sound. I can return home safely.

The disappearance of Balls and Yusuf makes me feel stifled and anxious. It should be the eighth day that Balls and the others went missing. I went to look for Renjie. Firstly, I wanted to find someone to chat with. Secondly, Renjie has a lot of sources. I wanted to get some information from him. Renjie told me that Gido's Ministry of Foreign Affairs was looking for him. . . He asked the Kirby government for help. He contacted the country, and the country agreed to help look for him. But he never found it.

"This time, I'm afraid that Balls and Yusufu will be in trouble," Renjie said with a sigh.

"You know," I said, "this time, I was supposed to go out to sea with them. "

"Is that so? I haven't heard of that," Renjie said.

"I've made an appointment with Balls. We'll go together after work on Friday," I said.

"Then why didn't you go?" Renjie asked.

"That was also an accident," I said, "I waited at the embassy for Powers to come and call me, but I waited until dark, and he didn't come. "

"This shouldn't be Balls's style of doing things," said Renjie.

"I think so too. I think something must have delayed him," I said.

"Luckily you didn't go," Renjie suddenly said.

" You know, I've always felt guilty, "I said," if I didn't agree to go, maybe they wouldn't go, and that wouldn't have happened. "

"I can't blame you," Renjie said. "You don't have to blame yourself at all. "

I didn't say anything. It was very difficult for me to convince myself that I had nothing to do with their disappearance.

"Think about it. If you don't go, they still have to go," Renjie comforted me. "They rely on fishing to make a living. "

"But I keep feeling uneasy," I said.

"I can understand your feelings," Renjie said. "I feel that it is the luckiest of the unfortunate that you don't want to go. If you went, this matter would be huge. "

"Roger said the same," I said.

"He's right, Roger said. You went. That would be a huge mess, and it would become a diplomatic incident, "Renjie said.

I didn't say anything. Renjie was right, If I go with them and go missing together, it will indeed become a diplomatic incident.

"It's not easy for the Gedo government to explain to your government," Renjie said.

"What you said is undoubtedly correct, but I really feel bad about it," I said.

"That's completely understandable," said Renjie.

" I hope they're alright, "said I.

"Ihoposo, T00," said Renjie, "if that's the case, it'll be good for everyone. "

" I hope they'll come back unharmed, "I said.

"It's already the eighth day," Renjie shook his head and said, "It's getting harder and harder to say. "

Renjie did not continue. I also didn't say anything else.

After leaving Renjie's place, my mood became even worse. Renjie was right, it has been eight days. But there is no news at all. If they delayed for one more day, the chances of Balls and Yusufu surviving would be one less day.